WORLD WIDE WHAT?

LIGHT BENDING

It almost looks like the eye of a giant insect staring down at the spectator; we are talking about the latest work of South-Korea based artist duo Kimchi and Chips. The work titled Light Barrier Third Edition uses an array of projectors, mirrors, and speakers to present volumetric light forms which materialise in a foggy haze just above the work. The artists state that “In six minutes the piece plays a sequence of images that employs the motif of the circle to travel through themes of birth, death, and rebirth, helping shift the audience into the new mode of existence.”

BLEND IT LIKE BELIN

Spanish artist Miguel Ángel Belinchón or Belin is not scared to step out of the zone to create Picassoesque paintings. Belin has been creating photorealisitc murals for a long time. In 2016, he began to adopt cubist style thereby creating subjects with elongated necks and segmenting their faces. Even though his paintings have distorted subjects they are recognisable since most of them display likeness to popular artists such as Frida Kahlo, Keith Haring, and Dali.

POLLUTED POPSICKLES

In a bid to bring attention to environmental changes rather than focusing on flavours, art students from the National Taiwan University of the Arts have come out with a series of ‘frozen treats’ titled Polluted Water Popsicles. The group collected polluted water from 100 locations in Taiwan, first freezing the collected sewage samples and then preserving their creations in polyester resin. Although the treats look visually pleasing initially, on a closer look one can find bits of plastic and wrappers lying within the murky waters.